disposéesvsdisposezConfusable pair

Quick tell: disposées is a adjective, disposez is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“disposées” is an adjective and “disposez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#19,808
“disposées” frequency rank
#29,313
“disposez” frequency rank
49121
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature disposées disposez
Definition Féminin pluriel de disposé. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de disposer.

Same sound, different letters: disposées vs disposez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. disposées runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVVC) against disposez's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
disposées
8 ch
disposez

Homophone desk: disposées vs disposez

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: disposées and disposez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \dis.pɔ.ze\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49121, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

disposées is recorded at frequency rank #19,808, classified as anadj, pronounced \dis.pɔ.ze\. disposez is at rank #29,313, tagged as averb, pronounced \dis.pɔ.ze\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 49121, this pair ranks #173,317 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of disposées vs disposez

Shared letters: deiops. Private to "disposées": é. Private to "disposez": z.

"disposées" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC  ·  "disposez" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • disposezddisposez · dipsosez · disopsez · dispoesz · disposezz · dispossez · disposze · dispposez

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "disposées" for "disposez" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "disposées" is an adjective and "disposez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "disposées" vs "disposez" - which ranks higher?
"disposées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,808 in our French list, against #29,313 for "disposez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "disposées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "disposez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #173,317 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "disposées" and "disposez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "disposera vs disposez". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #173,317 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list